Seth e clapp of cambridge



S. E. 'OLAPP. BISCUIT CUTTER.

No. 77,583. Patented May 5, 1868.

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SETH E. CLAPP, (lF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNQR TO HIMSELF AND 'JOHN -J. RIDGW A,Y.

.Lmm Patent No. 77,583, m 5, 186's;

IMPROVED BISCUIT-CUTTER.

IO ALL IT MAY CONCERN:

' I Be it known that I SETH E.'CLAPP, of Cambridge, in the eountyof Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts,

have-invented ecrtainnew and useful Improvements in Biscnit-Cutters and I do hereby declare the 1il'olllolv ng to be a full and exact description thereof, rcfereneebcing had to the accompanying draw ngs, and tot e e ters of 'reference marked there on.

' To enable others skilled construction, and use. I The nature of my invention con and confectionery-cutter.

I in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its nature,

sists iumaking-as a new article of manufacture, a revolymghand-biscuit Drawings.

Figure 2 is a cross section of the same.

Figure 3 is a perspective of the inner cutter. 1

In the drawings, I have represented my invention as. it appears when used for cutting jumbles, that is, round cakes having the centre cut-out; but for many purposes I- reniove the centre-piece, (see fig. 3,) and use the other part for cutting biscuits, crackers, Ste.

In fig. 1, A A represent two handles, which are attached to the rimin cutter B B. The cuttcrB B" assumes the form shown in the drawings, and is made as follows: First, a cylinder is made of thedesired dimensions, that represented in fig. 2 for instance; then on the cylindrical part of its surface tlireecircles are laid out, that is, they would be circles if the cylinder were developed; These circles jalreiiot quite tangent to each other, but leave a small space, which is represented in perspective by- C C U", and insection in fig. 2.

Now, if all that part of the cylinder within these circles is cutaway, and the surplus material outside the circles he also cut away, we shall have an article in form as represcntcdin fig. (1.

If this cutter he revolved on a sheet ofdougli, it will cut circular cakes.

The centreicec,D D D is made as shown or in an desirable form "and is rovidcd with two arms H P I a 2 I y Y P V II, one end of which, II, has a tongueprojccting from it, which-is designed to fit a corresponding notch in K,

fig. 1; thcother end, 11, is coned so asto fit into the conical scat inK, fig. 1.

To remove the centre-piece, we have simply to unscrew'K by means of K, fig. 1 My improved cutter may be varied in size and shape, so as to adapt itfor cutting various-kinds of cake and confectionery. i I Havingthus described my invention, I will now proceed to set forth my,

7 I Claim. What I claim as my invention, is

As a new article of manufacture, the biscuit-cutter, either-with or without the centre-piece 1) DH)", sub st'antially as described and for thepurposc set forth;

SETH E. CLAPPJ,

Witnesses:

' WIL IAM Enson, .A. HUN BERRY. 

